Rough Draft of letter from Unknown Sender, RE: Outlines a list of information sources to answer the question posed by MacLean in his May 27th letter. This draft is handwritten. [Letter from W. Wallace MacLean to the Dept. of Chemistry May 27, 1944, and letter from LP to the Smaller War Plants Corp. June 13, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1944), #377.14]

Undated letter from LP to Dr. Hans Neurath, Duke University School of Medicine, RE: Thanks him for the forthcoming reprint. Discusses Dr. Wright's new paper on the destruction of the diphtheria antitoxin by urea. [Letters from Neurath to LP June 28, 1944, September 4, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #276.8, file:(Neurath, Hans)]

Letter from David P. Shoemaker, to Mr. Sehou, Standard Felt Company. RE: Enclosed a sample of felt. Would like to know if they make something identical. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1942-1950: Box #13.002 Folder #2.3]

Letter from J. P. Youtz, Business Manager, CIT, to LP. RE: OSRD Record of Inventions 493, 494, and 495 - Dr. Reuben E. Wood. Informs him that there is no likelihood of the foundation revising their earlier decision. [Filed under LP Science: Box 13.006, Folder 6.4]

Letter from Lewis A. Crank, President, LAC Chemicals to LP RE: Requests he recommend a candidate for a Chemist or Bacteriologist at the company. [Letter from LP to Crank June 3, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #74.12, file:(C: Correspondence, 1944)]

Letter from Dr. Erle M. Billings, Business and Technical Personnel Director, Eastman Kodak Company, to LP RE: Replies that they are collecting a post-war file of applicants composed of current employees, military personnel, and those recommended by deans and department chairs. [Letter from LP to Billings May 24, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #111.1, file:(Eastman Kodak Company, 1938, 1940-1941, 1943-1944, 1951, 1957)]

Letter from Harry V. Welch, Secretary, Southern California Section, to LP. RE: Asks if he is available to talk at the October meeting of the Southern California Section. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]

Letter from Martin Matheson, Vice-President, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to LP RE: Thanks him for his letter giving further opinion of Remick's Electronic Interpretations of Organic Chemistry, and notes that the misspelling of Sidgwick throughout the book will be brought to Dr. Remick's attention immediately. [Letter from LP to Matheson May 24, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 443.12]

Correspondence: The Serological Properties of Simple Substances. VIII. The Reactions of Antiserum Analogous to the p-Azobenzoic Acid Groups [Filed under LP Manuscripts, 1944a.1]

Letter from A. N. Richards, Chairman, Committee on Medical Research, to LP. RE: Shares his disappointment that no clinical tests have been run. Recommends that LP write up the process and the product in a way the a OSRD patent counsel can decide whether a patent application should be filed. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work Materials re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]

Letter from LP to Lewis A. Crank, President, LAC Chemicals RE: Regrets that he has no one to recommend for the position. [Letter from Crank to LP June 1, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #74.12, file:(C: Correspondence, 1944)]

Letter from Linus Pauling Jr to AHP RE: Describes his training, his trip to see the Williams, a girl he is interested in and doing laundry. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family, Family Correspondence: Linus Carl Pauling, Jr. 1930-1944: Box #5.036, Folder 36.5]

June 3, 1944

Dear Mom

It's been some time since I wrote.

The portraits will be ready next Wednesday. I'll send them along immediately.

School is somewhat confused at present with changes of schedule, but it is fun. I'm
building a transmitter now. I find the work of soldering to be considerable more difficult than
the theory we've had so far. I suppose my average will go down. My complete fundamentals
average, including daily, final, and practical progress check, was ninety, which is not too bad.
But it will be hard to maintain.

Madison is a lovely place. Everything is beautifully green. The lakes are nice for
swimming, but they have too much algae for perfection. My favorite occupation is canoeing.

Your vegetable garden must be producing wonderfully now. I certainly wish I could eat
some of your vegetables.

Did I tell you that I spent a very nice weekend with the Williams? They were extremely
good to me. I hope I acted well enough to merit a second invitation. Daniels has invited me for
next Sunday dinner, but of course I can't go because Sunday is just like any other day in the
army.

The girl that I told you about is turning out to be very sweet, but I don't think I will make
a fool out of myself as has happened in the past. At present she is away at home for a three week
vacation.

Did you read Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright? I think you should. I gave it to that San
Francisco Italian girl of mine and she enjoyed it now I have given it to this girl (Arleen by
name, which I dislike) to find out her reaction.

I do all my own washing and ironing of sun-tans now. The laundries everywhere are
horribly slow two weeks. How about starch? I don't know anything about it but it might be
easier to keep a press if I used some starch.

Yours and Daddy's twenty-first wedding anniversary approaching, isn't it? I hope I can
succeed in being as happy as you have.

Letter from A. N. Richards, Chairman, Committee on Medical Research, to LP. RE: Informs him of the willingness of the Knox Gelatin Company to do clinical research on LP's substance. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work Materials re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]

Letter from Dr. Frank H. Johnson, Princeton University, to LP. RE: Is anxious to spend some of his time in LP's laboratory. Inquires if this is possible. Discusses what he would like to experiment with. Hopes Dr. Van Niel will be in Pasadena at the same time. [Letter from LP to Johnson June 20, 1944] [Filed under LP Science: Materials re: Antibody and Antigen Research; the Nature of Serological Reactions, 1940-1947, 1950-1952, 1973, 1986: Box #7.001 Folder #1.1]

Letter from LP to Dr. F.A. Gunther, Citrus Experiment Station, RE: Sends information on Judith Bardos, a Hungarian chemist whose application they have on file. Notes that he does not know her, but that she might be able to provide references. [Letters from Ormesher to Polgar April 10, 1944, from Gunther to LP June 8, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #140.9, file:(G: Correspondence, 1944)]

Letter from LP to Dr. George T. Felbeck, Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp., RE: Congratulates him on his election to Vice-President of the Corporation. Invites him to stop by when he next comes to California. [Letter from Felbeck to LP June 13, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #119.2, file:(Felbeck, George T.)]

Letter from LP to Harry V. Welch, Secretary, Southern California Section. RE: Would be pleased to speak before the Southern California Section in October. Will not make a decision regard the topic yet. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]

Letter from E. Wilson Lyon, President, Pomona College, to LP RE: Thanks LP for the additional suggestions of candidates for the chair of the Chemistry Department. Thanks him for allowing Wilson to join their staff as a visiting professor and acting chair for the coming year. [Letter from LP to Lyon May 27, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #230.10, file:(L: Correspondence, 1944)]

Letter from Harry V. Welch, Secretary, Southern California Section, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Would like to know the topic of the talk by mid-September. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]

Letter from MP Lewis, Property Accountant to LP RE: requests information regarding the use of the technical libraries at the Institute. [Handwritten note on bottom in LP's handwriting “Dr. Corey, Could you give me some idea as to this?”; reply handwritten on same note from RBC “Chan 13- 5 man hours per wk.”] [Letter from LP to Mr. MP Lewis June 19, 1944] [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1963, No Date: Box #1.024, Folder 24.10]

Letter from A. N. Richards, Committee on Medical Research, to LP. RE: Informs him that a contract with the Institute will be required before the chemical information he will need will be transmitted to him. [Filed under LP Science: Assorted LP War Work, 1940-1946: Box #13.006 Folder #6.1]

Handwritten letter from Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Foundation, to LP. RE: Asks him to inform him of the date of his departure for Chicago. Asks for his Chicago address. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1925-1945: Box #14.013 Folder #13.18]

Handwritten letter from T. Addis, Stanford School of Medicine, to LP. RE: Encloses a copy of the proposal. Thanks him for stopping by. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work Materials re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]

Letter from LP to Mr. Edward C. Barrett RE: Requests an availability certificate for Mrs. Phyllis E. Clark. Recommends the certificate be issued since her services are not of great value. [Note from Phyllis E. Clark to Dr. Campbell June 12, 1944] [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.029 file 29.1]

Letter from LP to R.B. Corey. [Filed under: RNB 17R: Addendum]

June 12, 1944

Dr. R. B. Corey

Linus Pauling

I think that a part of our post-war program of intensive research might deal with hemoglobin, including the study of the oxygen-equilibrium curve, the dissociation of hemoglobin by urea, the properties of hemoglobin re-synthesized by adding heme to globin, and so on; and that a part might also deal with porphyrins, which are important both for hemoglobin and for chlorophyll.

What is the progress of our effort to get a new spectrophotometer for Chemistry-13?

Linus Pauling

P.S. I think that we could do a good job on elucidating the nature of the isomerization of porphyrins. Chromatographic methods have been successfully applied by S. Aranoff and M. Calvin, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 8, 205, (1943). They have found six isomers, and I think that they should have isolated seven.

Letter from LP to S. N. Bagchi RE: Suggests that he apply at a university that is conducting research of his interest, or wait until the end of the war to come to Cal Tech. [Letter from Bagchi to LP May 22, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.11, file:(B: Correspondence 1944)]

Note from Gordon B. Zimmerman to LP RE: Explains that since the death of his brother Wendell Zimmerman, he has been attempting to straighten out his affairs, and is hoping LP can help him make some use out of Zimmerman's experiments with high-energy explosives, since Zimmerman revealed more to LP than anyone else. Wishes to meet with LP and discuss possibilities. [Letter from LP to Zimmerman June 19, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 468.4]

Note from Phyllis E. Clark to Dr. Campbell RE: Gives the keys to various places. She is leaving Pasadena in a few days and would like an availability certificate and check on Tuesday. [Letter from LP to Mr. Edward C. Barrett June 12, 1944] [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.029 file 29.1]

Summary f NDRC Chem 1c from July 1942 through May 31, 1944; Summary of Immunochemistry for May 1944; Summary of CMR-Chem-1 from July 1942 through May 31, 1944; Summary of NDRC Chem 13 from January 1, 1943 through May 31, 1944. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia, California Institute of Technology: Assorted Financial Materials: 1930-1950: Box #1.031, Folder 31.2]

Letter from Dr. George T. Felbeck, Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp., to LP RE: Thanks LP for his congratulations. Adds that he, Rafferty and Bliss will be in Pasadena on the 26th and requests that they be shown the labs. [Letter from LP to Felbeck June 6, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #119.2, file:(Felbeck, George T.)]

Letter from LP to the Smaller War Plants Corp., Regional Office, RE: Gives a paper by John Hadalen as an informative reference to the question posed by W. Wallace MacLean in a May 27th letter. States that the sodium hydroxide-chlorine method has not been used much because there is a cheaper method. [Rough Draft of letter from Unknown Sender June 1944, and letter from W. Wallace MacLean to LP June 28, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1944), #377.14]

I submit herewith for consideration by the Committee on Medical Research a proposal for contract in medical research pertaining to national defense, on the subject "The chemical treatment of human serum proteins and of globin to produce material of large molecular weight and diminished rate of loss from the blood stream through tissues with increased permeability because of burns or shock; and the preparation of proteins coupled with dyes and of other materials for use by Dr. Thomas Addis and Dr. John Oliver in the study of the mechanism of renal failure following injection of protein preparations and of methods of preventing it". Dr. Thomas Addis and Dr. John Oliver will also submit proposals for contracts for related work. The program was planned by Dr. Addis and me, after consultation by correspondence with Dr. Oliver.

You will note that the program comprises two related researches, one dealing with the study of homologous serum proteins which have been treated in such a way as to couple the molecules together into larger molecules, and the other dealing with the mechanism of renal damage. The second investigation may be significant in connection with renal damage resulting from shock or from the injection of homologous proteins.

We have stated one year as the estimate of duration of the work. It would be satisfactory to all of us, in case that your Committee preferred, to have contracts for a six months period, with the expectation of consideration of extensions at the end of that period.

I would like very much to be able to make a study of preparations of homologous proteins with increased molecular weight because I think there is the possibility that these preparations would be of real value clinically. I am also very much interested in the proposed investigation of the mechanism of tubule blocking. The cooperation between our group and Drs. Addis and Oliver in this work has been a great satisfaction to me.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling

LP:jr

Enclosure

Letter from LP to Mr. Edward C. Barrett RE: Outlines an incident in which a Research Assistant on NDRC-Chem-13 obtained entry into a confidential room to which not even LP has access due to the secrecy of the war work carried out in there. The culprit stated that he got into the room with a key a friend of his has which will let one into almost anywhere on campus. LP wants to know if there is anything that can be done to prevent existence of these unauthorized grand master keys. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.029 file 29.1]

Memorandum from R.M. Hardiman, Authorized Certified Officer of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, to LP. Voucher for per diem and/or reimbursement of expenses incident to official travel for $130.00. LP Safe: Drawer 3, Folder 3.012

Proposal for contract in Medical Research pertaining to National Defense from CIT. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work Materials re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]

Telegram from E. Cowles Andrus, Committee on Medical Research, to LP. RE: Informs him that no investigators under 26 years of age are eligible for nomination to the reserved list of scientific and technical research workers unless employed full time on contract prior to June 15th. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]

Letter from F. W. Willard, Editor-in-Chief, to Board of Editors. RE: Is hoping to have a conference of the Editorial Board at the time of the fall meeting of the ACS in the fall. Has some questions of policy. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]

Letter from F. W. Willard, Editor-in-Chief, to LP. RE: Informs him that there have suddenly been a demand for copies of an old monograph by Falk. Informs him that Falk wished to revise it. Asks his opinion on the matter. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]

Letter from LP to Dr. Myron Prinzmetal, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, RE: Returns the manuscript on burn shock. Regrets that he has been unable to visit the lab due to his own research and that the visit must be postponed until after his trip east. [Letter from Prinzmetal to LP May 27, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #309.10, file:(Prinzmetal, Myron)]

Note from Richard B. Simpson to LP RE: States he is applying for a commission in the Navy and asks for two letters of recommendation based on his work as a graduate student, as well as a transcript of his record from the registrar. [Letter from LP to the Director of Naval Officer Procurement June 20, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1944), #377.14]

Letter from Dr. Ernest K. Landsteiner to LP RE: Sends the corrected pages from LP's manuscript. Notes that his father's book is scheduled to be published in July. [Letters from Lp to Landsteiner May 29, 1944, from Mrs. Landsteiner to LP October 9, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #212.7, file:(Landsteiner, Ernest Karl)]

Note from Dr. Thomas Addis to LP RE: Asks advice on whether he should give lab space to Dr. Marshak to work on a project related to the permeability of liver cells to neucleo-proteins or nucleic acid. Suggests that it may be a useful parallel to their own work. (Letter from LP to Dr. Addis June 20, 1944) [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.1, file:(Addis, Thomas 1940-1945)]

Letter from Dr. Reuben Wood, Maryland Research Laboratories to LP RE: Tells how the Navy is filing patent applications on three of his inventions, says that Trueblood has been sending him the score sheets of the Chemist's ball games which gives him nostalgia, and tells about how Oster seems to have ignored the questions of what happens when the composition of the solvent approaches the pure, lower dielectric constant component in his paper. [Letter from LP June 23, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 438.7]

Letter from J. Murray Luck, Secretary, AAAS, to the Members of the Executive Committee. RE: Informs them that it is unnecessary to hold a meeting of the Committee before September or October of this year. Informs him of one matter that needs to be attended to. [Filed under LP Science: American Association for Advancement of Science, 1938-1964: Box #14.001 Folder #1.3]

Letter from LP to Carey McWilliams. RE: Sends him under separate cover the manuscript of his book. Thinks he has done a fine job. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1925-1945: Box #14.013 Folder #13.18]

Letter from LP to Gordon B. Zimmerman RE: Offers regrets on the death of brother Wendell, and replies that he can't be of much help concerning Wendell Zimmerman's experiments, and found his experiments and demonstrations unsatisfactory. Offers times and places to meet to discuss further if necessary. [Note from Zimmerman to LP June 12, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 468.4]

Letter from LP to Mr. MP Lewis RE: Answers letter of June 7 and estimates that the technical libraries are used about 600 man hours per month. [Letter from MP Lewis, Property Accountant June 7, 1944] [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1963, No Date: Box #1.024, Folder 24.10]

According to H. H. Hulage, referred to on p. 305 of the June 1944 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education, nickel-copper alloys are resistant up to 60 percent copper, which is just the point of inflection reported in my paper on magnetism. I think other alloys should be studied with respect to resistance to corrosion and number of electrons per atom.

I am very pleased to learn that you are planning to spend part of the time on your Guggenheim Fellowship at this Institute. The time from the middle of November to March is just as satisfactory for this purpose as any time will be before the end of the war. We shall be able to provide you with some facilities for experimental work, and you will, of course, also be at liberty to attend lectures in which you are interested and to take part in seminars. Weekly seminars are held in chemistry and biology, and also on such special fields as immunochemistry and immunology.

You might well be able to obtain some very interesting results by studying the effects of hydrostatic pressure on serological reactions. I think that the details of your experimental program may be discussed after you arrive here. Although we do not yet have very satisfactory quantitative methods of investigation of artificial antibodies, it would, I think, be well worth while for you to do some work with Professor Dan. H. Campbell on the effect of pressure on the conversation of normal globulin into antibody by interaction with antigen after urea treatment. Some work might also be done, as you suggest, on the reactions of animal antiserum. In addition, a study might be made of the effects of increased pressure on the rate of destruction of diphtheria antitoxin in urea solution—Dr. George G. Wright has been making a quantitative study of the effects of temperature, urea concentration, and hydrogen ion concentration on this reaction; the assay method based on neutralization of toxin as shown by a rabbit skin test, is accurate to perhaps three percent.

I suggest that you bring with you the 15 cc. bomb which you have at hand. Perhaps it would be worth while to make up another bomb, with capacity about 5 cc., which need not have windows, in order that pressure could be applied to a small sample of liquid. If you think that the antitoxin-denaturation problem will interest you, it might be worth while to make up a battery of simple bombs, since the rate experiments run for several hours or days.

I have not yet learned from Dr. van Niel whether he will be able to come to Pasadena during the coming winter or not. I am looking forward to his visit here.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling

Letter from LP to Dr. Thomas Addis RE: Recommends that Dr. Addis not give lab space to Dr. Marshak; he does not know him very well, but is reported to work sloppily and not get along well with others. (Note from Dr. Addis to LP June 16, 1944) [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.1, file:(Addis, Thomas 1940-1945)]

Letter from LP to the Director of Naval Officer Procurement, RE: States the Mr. Richard B. Simpson was a graduate student and teaching assistant at Caltech in 1942-43, and highly praises Simpson's intelligence and scientific training. Believes Simpson to be a satisfactory candidate for a Naval officer. [Note from Richard B. Simpson to LP June 15, 1944]

Letter from LP to Dr. F. W. Willard. RE: Is sorry to inform him that he will not be able to attend the fall meeting of the ACS. Shall send a letter about Dr. Falk's monograph soon. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]

Letter from LP to Mr. JP Youts RE: Recommends that Mrs. Betsy Boettiger be given a release because what she has been working on expires June 30. [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1963, No Date: Box #1.024, Folder 24.10]

Letter from LP to Mrs. J. Auge RE: Answers that there is some possibility that additional fellowship appointments will be made in chemistry. Also states that there is no job on campus for “him”. [Reference letter unknown] [Filed under California Institute of Technology: Materials re: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1963, No Date: Box #1.024, Folder 24.10]

Note from Dr. Alfred Marshak to LP RE: States that he will be in LA this weekend and early next week and would like to meet with LP. (Notes under text re: dictation of LP's response) [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #255.11, file:(M: Correspondence, 1944)]

Letter from LP to Dr. F. W. Willard. RE: Has reread Falk's book. Finds it doubtful that there is a need for a short general survey. Gives his opinion. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.2]

Letter from LP to Dr. Reuben Wood, Maryland Research Laboratories RE: Replies that he was glad to have his two letters, tells how he took the first one in to Scofield so they might benefit from the comments on meters, agrees that it is good he is giving the Navy assistance in filing patent applications on his inventions and tells how Cal Tech will not change its decision not to file patent applications. Admits that he has not been out to see the chemists ball games, tells how Shoemaker has been getting along with the instruments, thinks Wood should send a note to the Journal pointing out the flaws in Oster's paper, and says he may come visit in fall. [Letters from Wood to LP April 8, 1944, June 17, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: 438.7]

Letter from LP to Mr. E.C. Barrett RE: States a rumor has reached him that the purchasing office and purchasing system is being reorganized. Trusts no new plan affecting their system seriously would be put into operation without their having had a chance to discuss it. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.029 file 29.1]

Letter from Victor Reynolds, Cornell University Press, to LP. RE: Asking LP to explain more of his contract concerning royalties paid to him, and how he would deal with books sold to schools at a discount. [Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, 1939b.2]

Letter from John S. Snyder, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., to LP . RE: Snyder reminds LP that his company is still interested in publishing the general chemistry manuscript, and asks that LP keep them up to date with any new developments. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1947b5.22]

Letter from LP to Dr. Louis P. Hammett RE: Sends congratulations on the marriage of Hammett's son, who is recently returned from abroad. Notes that he and AHP hope to meet the son and his wife some time. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #151.8, file:(Hammett, Louis)]

I have received notice of the action of the Executive Committee of The Rockefeller Foundation in providing support for the work in immunology being carried out under the direction of Professor Sturtevant and myself for another year. I am glad to express to you my thanks for your help in making it possible for us to carry on this work, which is, I think, going along very well.

I am very much encouraged by the progress which has been made in recent years in the study of proteins, as shown, for example, by Neurath’s review article on denaturation. The use of quantitative methods is providing us with a body of reliable information, and, although proteins are so complex that we can not hope that a final and complete solution of the problem of their structure will ever be obtained, we can, I think, look forward to getting, in our lifetime, a reasonably good insight into the general principles of protein structure.

I have continued to think about your tentative plan for a post-war congress on proteins. Such a congress would be very valuable indeed, in more than one way.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling

Letter from LP to Prof. J. Warren Williams, Dept. Of Chem., University of Wisconsin RE: Explains that their boy Linus wrote about his visits with Williams and his family, expresses gratitude for them looking after him, and regrets that he and AHP will be unable to see him very soon. Adds that his work on chemically treated gelatin is coming to a close, and they have put in an application for another contract with proposals of treating globin with other substances, mentions that they find William's Devards method increasingly useful. [Filed under LP Correspondence: 443.12]

I suggest that we make an effort to find an immunizing antigen of known structure. Let us first take a synthetic resin of suitable nature, grind it up into very fine particles, and couple the particles with arsanilic acid or some similar group. These coupled particles would then be tested with anti-B serum, which should agglutinate them. If it does, some of the coupled resins could be injected into rabbits and guinea pigs to test immunizing antigenicity.

Perhaps the amberlites would be good resins to try in this way.

I think also that some dyes with very large molecular weight, such as Bismarck brown and nigrosine, should be coupled with arsanilic acid and tried in this way.

Letter from Dr. Hans Neurath, Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, to LP RE: States that LP is on his permanent mailing list and will receive copies of the reprints as soon as they are printed. Thanks him for the collection of LP's recent papers. Mentions that his recent illness has prevented him from communicating with LP about LP and Wright's interpretations of Neurath's serological studies. [Undated letter [6-44] from LP to Neurath] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #276.8, file:(Neurath, Hans)]

Letter from Linus Pauling Jr to AHP RE: Thanks her for the oatmeal cookies. Says his sense of duty to them has become “horribly nil of late”. Tells her he joined the glee club, expresses disappointment with Arleen who lives in an exclusive dorm and can't stay out late. Discusses laundry and food, among other things. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family, Family Correspondence: Linus Carl Pauling, Jr. 1930-1944: Box #5.036, Folder 36.5]

June 28, 1944

Dear Mom

Your oatmeal cookies were delicious simply wonderful. I was awfully happy to get
them. Thank you ever so much. Bob Smith (my best friend at present from Beverly Hills) and
I enjoyed them especially much because we can't afford the RX this time of month. So they
disappeared in a couple of days.

How do you like my mailing that Father's Day present without writing any explanatory
letter. Pretty bad, isn't it. My sense of duty to home and you all (!) Has become horribly nil of
late.

Did I tell you that Smith and I joined the squadron glee club? It's a lot of fun we sing
in public tomorrow morning and evening. Also we get two extra reveille passes a week. That is
one of my main reasons for joining. But at present I am irritated because Arleen decided she
wanted to live in one of these exclusive dorms with her girlfriends and she has to be in at 11 on
weeknights. And since I don't have Friday or Saturday night free I am disgusted. Of course, I
think every thing should be for my convenience!!

I wash and iron all my suntans now. They look better than any laundry job ever does. Of
course no laundry civilian or G.I. is at all careful about soldiers' clothes. Someone stole a pair
of suntans from me a little while ago. I'll have to sign a statement of charges for another set.

I can't think of anything I need at present but before long things will start wearing out.

At present I am in a difficult position my civilian shoes have a hole in the sole and I
don't want to have to wear GI's for a week. The only alternative is buying a new pair, but I
don't want to have that expense.

The skin doctor here thinks that diet has no effect on acne. And it doesn't seem to. By
the weigh (units!) I weigh more than 150 pounds now I don't know exactly. I'm beginning to
think that I'd better cut down on starches.

I would be delighted to have any Pauling specialty I can hardly wait for a furlough so I
can eat decently again. What I would like now would be a big hunk of cheese-some-thing we
can have on crackers. But I'm not sure that a cheese that could be kept in my footlocker could
be satisfactory.

Thanks for the information re starch. I tried some a week ago, but we had a rainstorm
while the clothes were outside so no starch was left.

Last night I got to bed at 4 AM reveille is at 5:30. After taking the girls home at 11 we
went down to the lake and went swimming a la nude some fun! Then waffles at some all-night
joint. So toady I've been drooping.

Have you started Islandia yet? You probably are awfully busy these days.

I hope you all keep well. I've succeeded in avoiding colds almost completely up here. I
had a couple of small cavities filled last week. Army food.

My love to you always,

Linus

Letter from W. Wallace MacLean, Consultant, United States Smaller War Plants Corp., Regional Office, to LP RE: Thanks LP for the informative letter about the manufacture of Sodium Hypochlorite and states that the information has been forwarded on to the inquirer. [Letter from LP to the Smaller War Plans Corp. June 13, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1944), #377.14]

Letter from Dr. E. W. Phelan, Massachesetts Institute of Tech., to LP RE: Explains his comment in the Journal of Chemical Education regarding a statement in Young and Porter's General Chemistry. Provides scientific support for his previous comment on sodium chlorine molecules being in either solid or gaseous state. [Letters from LP to Dr. E. W. Phelan June 21, 1944, from LP to Dr. E. W. Phelan July 5, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #312.9, file: (P:Correspondence, 1944)]

Letter from LP to Dr. S. S. Prentiss. RE: Asks how many copies of the final report OEMsr-584 should be submitted. Requests that the reply be telegraphed. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1940-1947: Box #13.001 Folder #1.1]

Letter from LP to Victor Reynolds, Cornell University Press. RE: Asking what will happen to his royalty checks in the case of his books being sold on foreign soil. [Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, 1939b.2]